Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UNBORN, by CAROLINE GILTINAN


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First Line: Mary, full of grace thou art
Last Line: These months when god is part of thee!
Alternate Author Name(s): Harlow, Leo P., Mrs.
Subject(s): God; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary


Mary, full of grace thou art,
With thy God beneath thy heart.
Months must come e'er years can go,
Bringing agony and woe.
Now is thine, for God is laid
In thy flesh and of it made;
The Sinless One becomes thy Child!

Maybe God's Own angels smiled
Beholding thee, pure Mother-Maid,
Receive their Lord so unafraid.
Could they know that, unto thee,
He will just thy Baby be?
The Baby needing all thy care,
Happy only with thee there!

When God lies within thine arms,
What will still thy wild alarms?
Listening to His Baby-talk,
Wishing He need never walk,
Dream, dear Mother, of thy joy
While Christ Jesus is a Boy;
Close thy heart against the years,
One long sacrifice of tears,
When thy Baby, still unborn,
Will be crucified and torn!

And, at the end, when He lies dead,
Pillow on thy breast His head;
Live again in memory
These months when God is part of thee!





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